SC: Gov. Haley directs SC agencies to plan possible budget cuts

The State: S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley has ordered state agencies to plan for a 3 percent budget cut — about $206 million — in their spending proposals for next year.

S.C. lawmakers will have roughly $440 million in added money to spend next year, the state’s chief economist projected last week. While more than this year, that is only about a third of the added money that the state had this year.

However, Haley directed state agencies to plan for possible cuts in case of an “economic downturn or crisis.”

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